Machine for counting out and marking printed products



C. NORDFORS. MACHINE FOR COUNTING OUT AND MARKING PRINTED PRODUCTS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-11, I918. 1,421,983. Patented July 4, 1922.

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*ment of this invention shown STATES PATENT or fice.

CONRAD NORDFOBS, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, A SSIGNOR TO WOOD NEWSPAPER HACHENEBY CORPORATION, NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 11, 1918. Serial No. 268,211.

To allwkm'm it may Be it known that I, Comm) Nonnrons, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of how Jersey, have invented a new an seful Machine for Counting Out and Marlnng Printed Precincts, of which the follOWlDg is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide means whereby a predetermined number of printed products, as for example newspapers, can be counted out and an i'dentification mark placed upon the last one of each lot, so that they can be gathered into uniform bundles, and more especially to provide a simple and inexpensive device for this purpose. Further objects and adyantages of the invention will appear herenafter. Reference is to be had to the accompany- 111% drawings, in which 1g. 1 is a view showing a part of the folder of a press with a preferred embodi- V in its proper position relative thereto;

Fig.2 a similar view of the counting and marking mechanism on enlarged scale;

F g. 3 is an end view of the same;

F g. 4 is an end viewof the folder illustratlng the preferred positionkof the mark on the web, and i Fig. 5 is a view of the marked copy.

It is the ordinary practice to deliver newspapers and certain other printed products, on slow running belts. This forms an extended pack and the papers are divided off into bundles of fifty by causing each fiftieth paper to protrude slightly beyond the rest so that the operators can pick up exactly 'tice. v.50.

fifty papers at each operation. It has been found 1n practice, however, that when mechanical belts or wire carriers are used the mechanical separation is usually lost during the run to the mailing room. Thus it is no longer possible for the operators to pick up a bundlepf the desired without recounting. causes delay that 'can-. not be tolerated modern newspaper prac- This invention is designed to permanently mark the paper at the end of each bundle, as for example the fiftieth paper, so that if it does get misplaced it can be identlfied at once and no time need be lost in locating it.

The means for protruding the'fiftieth paper beyond thepack can also be dispensed with if desired, although it is a simple mechamsm and it is within the province of this invention to retain it.

Referring to the drawings I have shown the invention as applied to a printing press having a folder supplied with a former plate 10 down over which the web passes. On the frame 11 I have shown a bracket 12 to which is secured by means of a clamp.

13 an ink fountain 14.

On some shaft of the press which runs in synchroni sm with the printingcylinder, 'as for example the folding cylinder shaft 16, I attach a flexible shaft 17. I connect it with a worm 18 mounted in bearin 19 at the bottom of the fountain 14 so t at this Worm shall rotate also in synchronism with the printing cylinder. This worin meshes with a worm wheel 20 and the relationship between them is such that the shaft 21 on which the worm wheel 20 is mounted will make one revolution to fifty revolutions of the worm l8 and printing cylinder if the papers are to be separated into bundles of Patented July 4, 1922.:

the amount of ink on the face. of the ink fountain roll 22.

Pivoted on a shaft or stud 27 fastened to the fountain body is a ductor arm 28. This is held back toward the fountain roll 22by a spring 29 fastened to a pin 30 on the fountain. On the arm 28 is a shaft 31 which carries a ductor roller 32 and a cam roller 33.

The cam roller is operated by a cam 34-. fixed position to move the ductor roller 32 over into the dotted line position in Fig. 2 and contact with the center folded margin of the web. This leaves a printed strip 40 on the folded edge of each fiftieth paper. This is done while the web. is running through the folder and provides a simple and accurate identification independently of the form of delivery used, of the speed of operation, and

of any misplacement of any of the papers on the delivery mechanism.

It will be understood, of course, that the ductor roller may come into contact with the running web for all or a part of the length of a paper so as'to make' a stripe throughout the length of the folded roduct or merely a spot as may be desired. ach fiftieth paper, therefore, can be identified from the edge as indicated in Fig. 5 without difficulty even though it may not proiect beyond the next paper. Of course it wi 1 be understood that if papers are to be removed in bundles of a difi'erent number than fifty, the relationship between the worm 18.and the worm wheel 20 will have to be changed accordingly and that the location of the stripingdevice and the duration of its action may be arranged in ac.- cordance with the .conditions existing in the press room and the kind of product that is being delivered.

Although I have illustrated and described only a single form of the invention, I am aware of the fact that many modifications can be made therein by any person skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention as expressed in theclaims. Therefore I do not wish to'be limited to all the details of construction herein shown and described, but what I do claim 1 s- 1. The combination of the stationary form-- er plate of a paper folder, with freely rotatable means movable to a position to press the web against said plate and adapted to be turned by the movement of the paper for marking the last one only of each series of products of a predetermined number, while ink fountain, a Worm connected with said shaft to-rotate with it, a worm-wheel in mesh with the worm, a shaft in the ink fountain to which saidwheel is fixed, a cam and a fountain roll on said shaft, a vibratory ductor roller normally in contact with the fountain roll, and means cooperating with said cam for moving the ductor roller periodically into position to print on a product passing through the press. I

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature.

CONRAD NORDFORS. 

